Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-04-29
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.

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Rumors come from Lincoln. Ne
braska. that the Union Pacific main
line is likely to be surrendered TO the
government. and the independent
branches organized into Lincoln,
Denver and Portland he.
The Illinois house has adopted res
olution for an inveStigat on of the
charges against the trustees of the
Soldiers Orphans home at Normal i'll
connection with the removal of the
matron. Mrs. Virginia {. 0hr.
During the coercion debate in the
British House OF Commons, Sir Will
lam IIarcourt observed that Irish
landlords should not complain of
American gold, aS they received most
of 1t through poor tenants rents.
The queen of the Sandw ch islands
and a number of high officials haze
arrived at San Francisco. They will
proceed by rail to Washington, ana
hope to witness Queen EictOria'S jubi-
lee celebration in London next June.
The democratic caucus of the Flori-
da legislature adopted the two-thirils
rule. by which tifty-seven votes are
required for the nomination OF Il
senator. Governor Perry has II sup
porters and Ex-Governor B!oXnam A.
The survivors of General Pickett's
confederate division will on July
erect on the field of Gettysburg Il
monument of Virginia granite to
mark the spot where they made Il he
roIc charge and pierced the Federal
line.
y company incorporated i'll Ne
braska 10y Congressman George W. L.
Dorsey and others has for some time
been engaged i'll developing coal lands
at Glenrock, Wyoming, III advance of
the extension of the Northwestern
road.
The revenue collector ut Augusta,
Maine, acting under instructions from
Commissioner Miller, refused to teS-
tlfy i'll a whisky case, and denied the
authority of a state court to compel
the production of the records of his
Office.
Mr.. Parnell has gone to Dublin in
the hope of aScertalning who forged
his signature to letter approving of
the assassination of Cavendish and
Burke. Mr.. Biggar threatens to bring
libel suit against the London
Times.
Lieutenant W. W. Danenhower, one
of the survivors of the Jeanette Are
tic expedition, killed himself with
revolver at the naval academy at An
napolis. He was native of Chicago.
lie leaves a widow and two children
at OSwegO.
a delegation from Peoria, Illinois,
in asking the Interstate commission to
suspend the short and long haul clause
of the law. stated that no grain could
be shipped out of that city, and that it
VIII hereafter be impossible to ship
whisky to California.
\ we'll bored at IIerScher, Illinois.
TO secure water for stock, throws out
barrel of dark brown oil each day.
Experts from Pennsylvania pronounce
it fine lubricatimg oil, worth 50 per
barrel, and they have leased land to
sink several wells.
Patrick J. Egan, deputy recorder of
votes at st. Louis, has been sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary for
false5 registering voters. +. T.
ledeiGerber, recently Il candidate for
congress from st. Louis, was indicted
for pension frauds.
\ wealthy citizen of San Francisco
named Willio has recovered Il daugh-
ter stolen from him twelve years ago.
Having searched nearly over the world
for her. he found her i'll Rochester,
New York, which place they left Sun
day night for California.
The governor general of Canada, at
the opening of parliament, expressed
the belief that the fishery negotiations
will end in an arrangement honorable
and satisfactory to both nations, but
stated that provision had been made
tO prOtppt iuShOra II tiSharipS
A hotel in the central portion of
Amsterdam. crowded with strangers.
witnessing the festivities connected
with the Kings birthday, took fire
during Thursday night and was en-
tTely burned. Four lives were lost.
and many persons sustained serious
injuries.
Eight avOwed socialists are members
of a committee of eleven selected Sun
day by the united labor party of Chi
cagO to reorganiZe the concern. 4
resolution to forbid the sale of liquors
at picnics and the holding of meetings
in saloons was tabled, by Il vote of 81
to 81.
\ rate war in the northwest is likely
to arise from the notice given by the
Burlington and Northern that it will
not renew its limited agreement to
abide by tariff rates. The necessities
of this line rs compared to those of
the st. Paul road may force cut on
through frei Int.
Papers have been received at the
Milwaukee pension agency ordering
the payment of $3.50 i'll cash and the
allowance of So per month to Peter
Schumacher, formerly Il member of
the 4th Wisconsin cavalry, for some
years past an inmate of the insane
asylum at Green Bay.
William NJ. Miller, of De Kalb
county, Georgia, who was indicted for
running diStillery, secured trans
fer of his case to the Federal court on
a writ of habeas corpus. The State
judge has called the attention of Gov
ernOr Gordon to the matter, and will
claim jurisdiction of the offender.
Harvey Z. Clark, of Chillicothe,
Ohio, who had been attending a meet
ing of Knights Templars at Cincin-
natl, was killed by train while walk
ing on the track near Painville.
Charles Nash and Michael Butler, of
Arcanum, Ohio, were fatally injured
while driving across the track at
Eaton.
4 farmer near Fond du Lac, Wis
ConSin, recently signed a contract to
take young Englishman and teach
him the art of American farming i'll
three years, giving him nothing but
his board. His signature was trans
ferred to a note, which he sold to
bank, and he has been asked to call
and settle.
There are many signs, says Wash
ington dispatch, of reaction against
further suspensions of the long and
short haul provision by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The members
claim this is a preconcerted assault on
that clause, the Pacific coast interests